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In the century between 1450 and 1550, man's horizons were pushed back with astounding speed. Europe suddenly became conscious of the world, and out of the ferment of new ideas arose great men and enterprises to mark that epoch as a major one of human history. The event that served as climax to this conquest of the earth was the first circumnavigation of the earth in the years 1519-1522. Magellan's predecessors had been groping step by fearful step into the unknown - his bold voyage reached the limits of exploration and those who followed perforce contented themselves with filling in the details. It was Magellan's greatest strength that he entertained a lively suspicion of the benevolence of fortune, and when he set the bows of his five small vessels toward the West they were equipped to combat every misfortune that human foresight could envision. It was as well, for the expedition met misfortunes aplenty in that voyage through strange and empty seas: mutiny, famine, hurricanes, faulty charts, hostile natives, the inevitable deterioration of men and ships on the three-year voyage. Two hundred and sixty-five men departed from Seville; eighteen returned home. Magellan himself fell upon a distant island and no mark stands over his grave. He did not fall, however, until he had brought his comrades back into known waters. He had accomplished the task, though he never lived to reap the glory.
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Zweig’s readability made him one of the most popular writers of the early twentieth century all over the world, with translations into thirty languages. His lives of Mary Stuart and Marie Antoinette were international bestsellers (Julie Kavanagh The Economist Intelligent Life)
Zweig’s accumulated historical and cultural studies, whether in essay or monograph form, remain a body of achievement almost too impressive to take in... Full-sized books on Marie-Antoinette, Mary Stuart, and Magellan were international best sellers (Clive James Cultural Amnesia)
Stefan Zweig cherished the everyday imperfections and frustrated aspirations of the men and women he analysed with such affection and understanding (Paul Bailey Times Literary Supplement)
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Zweig’s accumulated historical and cultural studies, whether in essay or monograph form, remain a body of achievement almost too impressive to take in... Full-sized books on Marie-Antoinette, Mary Stuart, and Magellan were international best sellers (Clive James Cultural Amnesia)
Stefan Zweig cherished the everyday imperfections and frustrated aspirations of the men and women he analysed with such affection and understanding (Paul Bailey Times Literary Supplement)
The author, Stefan Zweig (born November 28, 1881, Vienna, Austria - died February 22, 1942, Petrópolis, Brazil), was an Austrian novelist, playwright, journalist and biographer was one of the most successful and popular authors of the 20th Century. Although he wrote in German, his works were translated into English and several other languages. Zweig was a prolific writer. In the 1930s he was one of the most widely translated authors in the world. His extensive travels led him to India, Africa, North and Central America, and Russia. Zweig's friends included Maksim Gorky, Rainer Maria Rilke, Auguste Rodin, and Arturo Toscanini. Strangely, at the peak of his popularity and having just completed his autobiography while still working on four other books, Zweig committed suicide in Brazil with his new wife by them both taking poison. In 1939, he had married Charlotte Altmann, his secretary from 1933. She was twenty-seven years his junior.
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- PublisherIshi Press
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 4871878562
- ISBN 13 9784871878562
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages386
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